Morrissey has revealed he is currently without a record deal, complaining that no labels have sought him out. "There's not much I can do about it," he said. "You assume that anyone who wants you will come and get you."

The singer claimed he has finished writing his tenth solo album, the follow-up to 2009's Years of Refusal. But despite recently debuting three new songs on Radio 2, this week the 52-year-old told Pitchfork that nobody is interested in artists "who have already made their mark". "Labels for the most part want to sign new discoveries so that that label alone is seen to be responsible for the rise of the artist," he explained. "There are no risks taken with music any more. No social commentary songs, no individualism. This is because everyone is deemed instantly replaceable."

Though Morrissey admitted "most people who have been around for over 10 years are seldom relevant", he said he dreams of album "that sells well not because of marketing, but because people like the songs". He is "a staunch traditionalist", condemning the internet for "wiping music off the human map" and writing-off a Radiohead-style self-release. "I don't have any need to be innovative in that way," he said. "All I have to offer the world are songs."

The singer also addressed his Glastonbury performance on Friday. "We did well, but the rain was bitingly cold and the audience were soaked and covered in wet mud and it was dark and dismal and every time I opened my mouth I swallowed rain," he said. Besides, the crowd was "understandably" just waiting for U2 who had "an enormous Star Wars set with drumsticks that light up northern Africa, and a sound system that would drown out an earthquake", Morrissey said. "I can't compete with that."